Operation Moked changed the course of the 1967 war and of history.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Yet there was nothing magical about the Israeli triumph. Careful preparation, abetted by Arab carelessness and a bit of good luck, had been rewarded.
At 7:10 a.m. Israeli time, sixteen Israeli Air Force Fouga Magister training jets took off and pretended to be what they were not. Flying routine flight paths and using routine radio frequencies, they looked to Arab radar operators like the normal morning Israeli combat air patrol.
At 7:15 a.m., another 183 aircraft almost the entire Israeli combat fleet roared into the air. They headed west over the Mediterranean before diving low, which dropped them from Arab radar screens. This was also nothing new: for two years, Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian radar had tracked Israeli aircraft though never this many Israeli aircraft taking off every morning on this same flight path, and then disappearing from their scopes before they returned to
Crushed: How Israeli Air Power Won the Six Day War in 1967
Israel managed to pull of a surprise air attack that took out the Egyptian Air Force while it was still on the ground.
Key point: With tensions boiling over, Israel decided to strike first and make a decisive opening blow. The plan worked, and the Middle East was never the same.
At 7:10 a.m. Israeli time, sixteen Israeli Air Force Fouga Magister training jets took off and pretended to be what they were not. Flying routine flight paths and using routine radio frequencies, they looked to Arab radar operators like the normal morning Israeli combat air patrol.